My Family’s long success can be widely attributed to its use of employing a wider number of writers to brainstorm jokes for each episode as opposed to the traditional method of only having 1 or 2. This allowed for a more consistent product to be generated without having to wait for a single writer to produce more material.

TV star and llkeston’s most famous son Robert Lindsay given freedom of Erewash

(via Nottingham Post) It was a far cry from TV creation Wolfie Smith shouting “Power to the people” in a memorable sitcom nearly 40 years ago. In a dignified ceremony in a council chamber, that series’ star actor Robert Lindsay was made freeman of the borough of Erewash. That enables him to wear a badge of office, complete with plush ribbon, [...]